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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 19:45:21 GMT -5
For Advanced Placement English 11, I must read The Grapes of Wrath over the Summer. Sounds fun! You're already getting homework for a class you don't have until next (school) year? That's idiotic. |
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 19:48:52 GMT -5
For Advanced Placement English 11, I must read The Grapes of Wrath over the Summer. Sounds fun! You're already getting homework for a class you don't have until next (school) year? That's idiotic. Apparently. Most of the AP classes do it. The AP Chemisty class must do some crazy Summer assignment. In fact, they already have their textbooks, and this year isn't even over yet! |
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 19:51:01 GMT -5
You're already getting homework for a class you don't have until next (school) year? That's idiotic. Most of the AP classes do it. Not at any of the schools I've been in. Your school is weird. |
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 19:58:29 GMT -5
Most of the AP classes do it. Not at any of the schools I've been in. Your school is weird. Funny story, we had a student teacher running our class for the majority of this semester. A few weeks ago, he just up and disappeared. It turns out, he had posted pictures of himself and another student teacher (who happened to teach in the room next to ours) in very... sexual situations on Instagram.
It isn't a bunch of rumor hogwash, either. I saw the pictures myself last week. Good lord the people around here are terrible. My cooking teacher's husband killed himself... My closest friend is a bisexual meth smoking cross-dresser... One of my counselors got arrested for hosting parties with alcohol... for students...
I'm sure that there are worse places though.
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 20:11:05 GMT -5
Not at any of the schools I've been in. Your school is weird. I'm sure that there are worse places though.
Most of which being in third world countries and Mexico. Wait, is Mexico a third world country or a first world country? |
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 20:11:35 GMT -5
I'm sure that there are worse places though.
Most of which being in third world countries and Mexico. Wait, is Mexico a third world country or a first world country? 2nd world at most. |
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Post by wildknight on May 22, 2014 20:26:01 GMT -5
Okay, let's clarify something here. First World Country does not mean "wealthy" and Third World Country does not mean poor (though people often infer those things when they hear those terms). A First World Country was a military powerhouse on the Western side during the Cold War (the U.S, U.K, France, etc). A Second World Country was a military powerhouse behind the Iron Curtain (U.S.S.R, East Germany, etc). A Third World Country was anyone else (most countries in Africa).
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 20:26:44 GMT -5
Okay, let's clarify something here. First World Country does not mean "wealthy" and Third World Country does not mean poor (though people often infer those things when they hear those terms). A First World Country was a military powerhouse on the Western side during the Cold War (the U.S, U.K, France, etc). A Second World Country was a military powerhouse behind the Iron Curtain (U.S.S.R, East Germany, etc). A Third World Country was anyone else (most countries in Africa). I blame my history class. We stop after WWII. |
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 20:27:26 GMT -5
Okay, let's clarify something here. First World Country does not mean "wealthy" and Third World Country does not mean poor (though people often infer those things when they hear those terms). My 8th grade US History teacher told me that it was entirely dependent on the countries' GDP. |
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Post by wildknight on May 22, 2014 20:30:35 GMT -5
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 20:31:48 GMT -5
My 8th grade US History teacher told me that it was entirely dependent on the countries' GDP. Your history teacher should be shot. In the reproductive organs. That's racist. Because he's black...and stuff... |
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Post by wildknight on May 22, 2014 20:32:44 GMT -5
Your history teacher should be shot. In the reproductive organs. That's racist. Because he's black...and stuff... I don't see color, but I am very prejudiced against bad teachers. ... which is virtually every teacher working right now. |
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 20:34:40 GMT -5
That's racist. Because he's black...and stuff... I don't see color, but I am very prejudiced against bad teachers. ... which is virtually every teacher working right now. Isn't your wife in education? I blame her! |
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Post by wildknight on May 22, 2014 20:37:26 GMT -5
I don't see color, but I am very prejudiced against bad teachers. ... which is virtually every teacher working right now. Isn't your wife in education? I blame her! My wife is an amazing teacher. Not to brag, but she brought her classes average standardized testing scores up by something like 200 points, and has a majority of her 1st graders testing at 2nd and 3rd grade in math and reading. She busts her ass to actually do her job within a system that is utterly broken and designed to work against, not for, teachers. ... and thats only going to get worse as "common core" is implemented. |
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Post by SoonDragon67 on May 22, 2014 20:38:45 GMT -5
A lot of the teachers I know hate common core.
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on May 22, 2014 20:39:17 GMT -5
Isn't your wife in education? I blame her! My wife is an amazing teacher. Not to brag, but she brought her classes average standardized testing scores up by something like 200 points, and has a majority of her 1st graders testing at 2nd and 3rd grade in math and reading. She busts her ass to actually do her job within a system that is utterly broken and designed to work against, not for, teachers. ... and thats only going to get worse as "common core" is implemented. She has the key to Detroit's salvation in her hands! |
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Post by wildknight on May 22, 2014 20:41:38 GMT -5
A lot of the teachers I know hate common core. They're wise to do so. It's a terrible idea that's being implemented even more terribly. The closest thing to a viable argument in support of common core that I've heard is that it's better than No Child Left Behind, which is true... but that's like saying "Sure, shooting you in the face sucks, but the last plan was to melt you with acid, so you should be thankful." |
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Post by charliebucketsgranpa on May 22, 2014 20:42:28 GMT -5
I had some great teachers actually but only a few. My High School pre-cal teacher had me at one point to where I thought I could do almost anything in the confines of algebra, geometry, and calculus. I also had a great History professor in college that was so obsesses with getting facts straight and making sure that your paper was good. She butchered many a paper of mine but I'm actually really happy in the end. I took her a bunch of times and by my Senior year, I turned in a paper to her, first draft, that got an A-. I'm not one to brag but that's pretty awesome considering how hard she grades.
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Post by SoonDragon67 on Jun 15, 2014 17:38:29 GMT -5
I've been reading Gulliver's Travels recently. I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I was going to. It's a great book.
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Post by Straight Edge Steve on Jun 16, 2014 22:42:12 GMT -5
C'mon, mom! Order the Grapes of Wrath from Ebay already!
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